Artist Statement

In my work I seek a generative force, where concept is created from the intrinsic properties of material, process, and form. Through our day-to-day interactions, items and places become imbued with psychological and haptic memory. My current body of work uses contrasting materials to build tension between objects, such as the durable rigidity of steel or aluminum against the soft, flesh-like and flesh-adjacent smoothness of soap. Inhaling and exhaling the air, soap breathes—shrinking, curling and cracking, it ages into its environment. These aging qualities of soap allow me to incorporate time into my work.

My sculptures recast seemingly mundane objects of daily domestic life as proxies for the people who live among them. Embodying both themselves and their human counterparts, these objects bear the dual burdens of self-care and the nurturing of others. Their monochromatic clarity and minimalism invite the viewer to psychologically inhabit them. By emotionally taking up residence in their unadorned spaces, viewers insert their own individual identities into the work. In this way, these objects serve as phenomenological mirrors, reflecting our own experiences and memories back to us.